Smart Hustle Magazine

MAY 16, 2021

Mistakes Founders Make. Arrogance and not being self-aware are two of the biggest mistakes that Arelene Dickinson finds startup founders make when seeking investments. What gets her excited about a founder is, mutual faith, trust, confidence and respect. Men Supporting Women.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Akamai Technologies CTO Andy Champagne will join Macrometa’s board. Startups might be in a funding midwinter, but the ray of sun shining on some VCs speaks of a different trend , reports Ingrid. Like customer support, but more embeddable : Plain is a new customer support tool with a focus on API integrations , Romain reports.

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Founders Coop

JANUARY 11, 2023

But as a “company town” where most engineers come for a well-paying job, not as founders seeking like-minded peers, our region’s entrepreneurial support systems are surprisingly weak. Startups are defined by velocity and growth, learning and adapting faster than your competitors on the path to dominance in your chosen category.

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Onevest

MAY 21, 2015

By Michael Whitehouse Whether you are an investor browsing through 1000 Angels looking to put money into a startup, or an entrepreneur attempting to bring finances into your project, it is critical that you understand the terms and conditions of any investment. For this reason investors often make the entire amount available immediately.

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 7, 2021

In her role, she invests in and strategically supports entrepreneurs and mobility companies. “I Today, she’s cofounder and a partner in Assembly Ventures, the first transatlantic mobility-focused venture capital fund in the world. That’s what’s really exciting to me, because then it’s not about my one vision.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 13, 2022

Investor diligence for an alcohol company can take months, and Haus just doesn’t “have the cash to support continued operations at this time.” Kyle Wiggers takes a look at the concept, and why not all VCs are on board with it. The challenge? ” Image Credits: Haus. audio stuff.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

The first is that there will be enough legal growth of hemp and cannabis to support a derivatives market. This isn't exactly the kind of thing that most startup founders get really excited about doing. I'm excited to work with them and I want to thank all of the investors that came on board with us.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

After completing a $10-million Series A round in March 2021, the startup expanded into Greenville, South Carolina, its fourth market so far. CEO Jonathan Kite said a new automated turn board feature was a significant factor accelerating the company’s success. Use data and firsthand insights to frame your startup.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 22, 2022

For early-stage startups looking to hire new talent, it’s not enough to make one-off decisions about pay as each new employee comes on board. Complete hopes to further expand its support for the administrative tasks involved with making a new hire, Mavram said.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

They have been supportive when we’ve been doing well and also when we’ve made changes to the business. And I’d recommend them to any talented startup founders out there.&#. The firm’s brand is important, as is your relationship with the individual who can go to bat for you and support you within the firm.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 25, 2022

The biggest accelerator program, sponsored by the Korean government, supported by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups (MSS), and organized by the National IT Industry Promotion Agency (NIPA), will be held for 3.5 The participating startups come from various countries across Europe, North America, and Southeast Asia.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 16, 2022

I am doubtful that I could ever be a venture-backed startup founder. Guess that’s why I’m a journalist and not a startup founder! Additionally, when looking across the board at the top MSAs, major institutional investors have seen a near 50% jump in renewal rent growth. Well, that’s it for this week!

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TechCrunch

APRIL 24, 2021

Amanda DoAmaral , the founder of Fiveable, a learning platform for high school students: Masterclass is important for showing us why educational content should be treated more like entertainment. All of our bars for content quality is much higher now than it ever was before and I’m excited to see how that affects learning across the board.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 13, 2021

After all the effort into the user interface, we really need to weigh the price point, especially as we promised the board to launch next month! They’re taking place right now somewhere in the startup and corporate worlds, in small companies and large, from the Bay area to Boston, Berlin, Barcelona, and beyond!

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TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2022

Over timer founders and sales teams who adopt this mindful approach can turn customers into assets, says Khan. Good relationships with executive buyers can help shape your company as it grows, ultimately serving as an unofficial advisory board of the top leaders and experts within your customer base.” Walter Thompson.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 25, 2021

Ariane de Bonvoisin is an executive coach to top CEOs, startup founders and VCs. She has keynoted the Oprah conference, given a TED talk, and been invited to Google, Amazon, the World Bank, Union Square Ventures and Red Bull to teach about navigating change and founder and startup wellness. Ariane de Bonvoisin.

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NZ Entrepreneur

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

How can a board of directors help startup founders build their businesses more effectively and when is the right time to consider building your board of directors? Institute of Directors New Zealand is a supporter of the Startup NZ entrepreneurs scholarship programme.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

As part of an ongoing series of interviews with transportation startup founders, ??Rebecca Rebecca Bellan spoke to Anjali Jindal Naik, co-founder and COO of Cartken, which manufactures autonomous sidewalk robots. Zendesk’s board of directors is a confident, secure group of individuals.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Workshops, breakouts and roundtables — led by established founders, leading subject-matter experts and VCs — cover core entrepreneurial topics across fundraising, marketing and operations. David Jegen has experienced 11 different acquisitions from multiple perspectives — as a founder, an investor and a board member.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

I had a 3-hour board meeting with another. I sent an email to another about what I thought we should cover at his next board meeting and what was missing from the deck he sent. Customer support – After my pre-breakfast meeting I had my actual breakfast meeting. It was a young, first-time entrepreneur who wanted to meet.

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TechCrunch

JULY 19, 2022

. “We are convinced that startups will continue to be key in providing the innovation required to finally bring the digital world to the real world, and that they will help produce industrial goods in a sustainable manner and thus strengthen supply chains and tackle climate change.”. TC: Do you tend to lead the rounds? . AH: Absolutely.

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Startup Blogpost

OCTOBER 28, 2022

How do you determine if corporate venture capital is right for your startup? To help you determine if corporate venture capital is right for your startup, we asked startup founders, investors, and business leaders this question for their best pieces of advice. Patricio Paucar , Co-Founder + Chief Customer Officer, Navi.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

OCTOBER 29, 2021

In many cases, based on our interactions with thousands of founders in the Draftbit Community , success seems to come down to how well they enlist the support of those first mobile app users. With consumer mobile-focused startups, the best idea is to build an audience first and then build a business. Put down the build tools!

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

How to win consulting, board, operating, and investment roles with private equity and venture capital funds (video). Our goal is to invest in, coinvest with, and/or recruit founders in transition. You’re involved in other aspects of the firm’s activities: due diligence, portfolio acceleration, board service, etc. Anthos Capital.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Sequoia’s Jess Lee will talk you through how to get that first investor on board, which will more often than not get other investors excited about the prospect of working with you. Evolving from Scientist to Founder (Sponsored by Mayfield). How do you go from PhD to startup founder and beyond? Pitch Deck Teardown.

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2021

Non-traditional startup founder to an angel investor. Six years later, the pair decided to venture into tech, a relatively nascent industry in Nigeria at the time and began investing in startups via LeadPath , an early-stage firm they launched in Lagos, Nigeria. Some of its biggest clients include OEMs like Oracle.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2013

Jonathan Strauss took this issue head on in a blog post that I believe every startup founder should read on “ Replacing Oneself as CEO.” ” “After 3 and a half years of fusing my self-worth with the success of the company in the crucible of startup survival, it was impossible to tear them apart without pain.

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Startup Blogpost

DECEMBER 15, 2023

If multiple potential customers indicate they would buy or use your product at a price that supports healthy margins, then you know you are onto something promising. It revolves around steering clear of the allure of feature-centric thinking when validating a startup idea. Intesar Mohammed , Founder and CEO, PerfAI, Inc.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 16, 2009

I advocated LOUDLY at the board that we needed to cut our burn rate. The CEO told me that we couldn’t cut people in customer support (where we had 7 people for just a dozen customers and sales were sub $1 million) because we had made contractual commitments to clients that required all these people. We were SMOKING cash.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 22, 2011

I turned around and there was StockTwits founder (and my favorite Tweeter) Howard Lindzon. Nobody has family duties, board meetings, full schedules. And we’re here with Dan Martell , who like any great startup founder is wearing his company t-shirt for Flowtown. Wendy Tan White, the founder of Moonfruit.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 26, 2021

Dear Sophie: I’m a startup founder looking to expand in the U.S. It took Christine Tao, founder of Sounding Board, just over three years to recognize the value of executive coaching and get her company to a Series A. What is happening in the app ecosystem that supports e-commerce? Here’s how she did it.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

I worked with a startup CEO who decided he wanted to sell his company. I wasn’t in favor but when the CEO decides it’s the right thing to do you support him. You do know we work at a startup and that has more risk than working at Barclays Bank. .” So to an actual story. What I translated was, “Well.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 14, 2022

The spokesperson also told me: “This isn’t normal corporate debt — it uses a warehouse facility, which means it is targeted to support the creation of new funds and products for Yieldstreet’s platform — growing the number of available investments for users, rather than general ops or expenses.”. Well, that’s it for this week.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 27, 2022

Startups like these are keeping the incumbents (relatively speaking) on their toes. And that’s been happening pretty clearly… Now, with that said, I think that there’s still a lot of appetite [for fintech] across the board.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 11, 2011

And that has had me thinking about the tech sector and how dismissive both startup teams & VCs can be about both their competition and the “hot” companies in any sector. I was at a dinner about a year ago with a few VCs and startup founders. The topic of FourSquare came up. And many I didn’t know.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 24, 2021

Unfortunately, more often than not, these approaches have been disappointing, prompting me to write this list of tips to help founders win over a someone like me. Background So why is it really hard to find a technical co-founder? It goes without saying that being a startup founder is more popular than ever.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2022

When we get involved in Seed investments we usually represent 60–80% in one of the first institutional rounds of capital, we almost always take board seats and then we serve these founders over the course of a decade or longer. In fact, I am still active on two boards where I first invested in 2009.

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